Finish for a honey dripper

dplloyd · Jan 19, 2011

Made a honey dripper tonight. Not sure what is acceptable for a finish. Turned it out of maple/birch. I have some boiled linseed oil and danish oil. The print is to small on the can and I lost(misplaced) my dime store glasses so any advice is appreciated.:biggrin:

KenV · Jan 19, 2011

Most are unfinished -- but mineral oil is a good finish for cutting boards and such.

dplloyd · Jan 19, 2011

It looks good unfinished.

Guess it's good for general use like the wooden spoons.

sbwertz · Jan 19, 2011

You could use walnut oil

From wikipedia
Walnut oil is favoured by some woodworkers as a finish for implements that will come in contact with food, such as cutting boards and wooden bowls. When creating your own oil & wax mixture, walnut oil is a great choice, due to its safety and low rancidity. It should be combined with beeswax in a mixture of 1/3 oil to 2/3 beeswax. [1]

SGM Retired · Jan 19, 2011

I use what's called "Butcher Block" stain from Lowes/Home Depot on my platters that food will touch. It states on the label that it is food safe. I'm also a bee Keeper and not sure of bare wood and honey, also walnut oil and people that are allergic to nuts. Just my food for thought.

keithlong · Jan 19, 2011

I second the butcher block finish.

kludge77 · Jan 19, 2011

beeawax is a good choice, and product appropriate!

Mr Vic · Jan 20, 2011

A salad bowl finish would also work. A word of caution on walnut oil.....it is made from the Walnut and there are folks that are highly alergic to nuts....clearly mark/label items which come in contact with food as have a walnut finish.

KenBrasier · Jan 20, 2011

I make most of my out of Cherry and don't use any finish. On some longer ones I just use Mylands Friction Polish on the portion that won't go into the honey or molasses.

PaulDoug · Jan 20, 2011

kludge77 said:
beeawax is a good choice, and product appropriate!

This makes the most sense to me.

Larry in Harrow · Jan 20, 2011

Bee's Wax

If you want easy to apply Bee's Wax here's a good one.

http://www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=20087&cat=1,190,42950

It even smells like bee's wax in the can. I use it on all my cutting boards.

GaryMGg · Jan 20, 2011

Don't use the Linseed Oil.
I like Sharon's recommendation of Walnut Oil.
I've used it a lot with very good results.

nava1uni · Jan 20, 2011

I use bee's wax and it smells good also. I put it on while it it spinning and then just use a soft piece of cloth to melt it into the wood. Nice finish and wood looks nice.

bradh · Jan 21, 2011

I went looking for some backup info on my prefered finish here- Sunflower oil. Once again the search engines took me to Russ Fairfield's site:
http://www.woodturnerruss.com/FSOriginal6.html

a quote from the page:
"Any edible non-drying oil can be used as a coating on wood. Non-drying oils that are useful coatings for a salad bowl would be Mineral Oil, Sunflower Oil, any of the vegetable cooking oils, and pressed Walnut Oil. Choose the oil carefully, clean and renew often, because many of the vegetable oils and most cooking oils will turn rancid with time.
My preference is the Sunflower Oil (not to be confused with Safflower Oil) because it does not turn rancid with age, it has a pleasant odor, and it partially dries if I am willing to wait."

Rangertrek · Jan 21, 2011

I use plain mineral oil on my wood that comes in contact with food products. I refinish cutting boards with mineral oil. I have done honey drippers both unfinished and with the oil.

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